First evaluation of the 10th EAPC Congress in Budapest
The 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) was held in Budapest, between June 7 and 9 June 2007. It is the first time that this congress, one of the biggest and highest level professional events of palliative care, was organized in an Eastern European country, namely Hungary. With our slogan, "Connecting diversity" we created a good opportunity to show the creativity and diversity that exists across Western, Central and Eastern Europe. The Scientific and Local Organizing Committee made every effort to create a complete palliative care Congress, to meet the expectations and needs of participants.
We were honoured by the presence of His Excellency László Sólyom, the President of Hungary who formally opened the Congress.
(Please find attached his opening address.)
Altogether 2.004 participants registered to this event from 67 countries, 1.425 participants came from Western Europe, 329 from the Eastern European countries, and 243 from countries outside Europe. (Some of the participants have not indicated their nationality.) Of the 2.004 participants 1.205 indicated their profession: as figures show physicians and nurses were highly represented.
(Please find attached the detailed tables.)
During the three-day congress 11 plenary lectures, 217 other oral presentations were delivered in more than 80 different sessions and workshops, furthermore 988 posters were presented.
The beautiful city of Budapest hosted the congress, and we wanted to make this meeting a memorable event. The performance of the sand artist, Ferenc Cakó during the opening ceremony, and the special dance-theatre performance at the closing ceremony certainly made a great impression on conference attendees, Besides the scientific program a further attraction of interest was also the art exhibition of "Connecting Diversity - Bridges", aiming to convey the cultural aspects of hospice and palliative care and express the struggles and rewards of working in the field by using the symbol of a bridge or free association of ideas.
The 10th Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) was held in Budapest, between June 7 and 9 June 2007. It is the first time that this congress, one of the biggest and highest level professional events of palliative care, was organized in an Eastern European country, namely Hungary. With our slogan, "Connecting diversity" we created a good opportunity to show the creativity and diversity that exists across Western, Central and Eastern Europe. The Scientific and Local Organizing Committee made every effort to create a complete palliative care Congress, to meet the expectations and needs of participants.
During the three-day congress 11 plenary lectures, 217 other oral presentations were delivered in more than 80 different sessions and workshops, furthermore 988 posters were presented.
